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Originally Posted by wc63
Has anyone ever put a t5 behind a gmc v6? I have taken my time in reading everything i can about the switch and have gathered all the pieces slowly, although there is not alot of info on swapping a t5 into a 305 v6.. Now that I am trying to put it together, it is fighting me every step of the way. I am finally at the stage of stabbing it in the engine and it just wont fit. Its got about a quarter to half inch to go. I took it out marked where the alignment tool ends up at the press plate fins, then measured the alignment tool with the input shaft and the fins should reach (or almost reach) the input shaft sleeve. When i go to stick the tranny in, it seems to bottom out with something, but am not quite sure what it is. The pilot bearing is oem, clutch is 26 spline, input shaft is 26 spline and the same diameter as the original 3 speed. Is there an alignment issue im missing? any help is appreciated.
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which t5 are you installing? are you using the adaptor plate or modifying the input shaft.if it is the later you are perhaps running out of spline and have you shortened the trans frt bearing retainer that the t/o bearing rides on.
the spline on the input shaft needs to be lengthened a bit( I did mine with a file and also removed a little of the spline inside of the clutch disc.
there is actually quite a bit of info. a lot of it comes from the Hamb.
http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/t5tranny.htm
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=169265
http://www.inliners.org/Jack/t5_page.html
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